Intel Core i9-11980HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6435 points
0.30% slightly better overall score
6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
0.57% slightly better gaming score
8665 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5726 points
0.56% slightly better multitasking score
5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5566 points
0.91% slightly better heavy workload score
5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10988 points
98% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5539 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.36 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
139.36 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
4.59 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

224th of 1,089
225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11980HK vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600GT beats the Core i9-11980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11980HK has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11980HK.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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